does anyone have one of these, or offer advice about buying one

[Hivetyrant]

The regular 5970 is really two 5850 dies on one PCB, the XFX black one is (I think) two 5870s( or the equivalent) taking up two slots instead of four, for a very high premium. Get two cards for 2/3rds the price of one, with possibly easier overclocking? Yes please.

I believe it's still the two 5850's but with 4gig of memory instead of the usual 2, could be wring though.

[Sajuuk]

I believe it's still the two 5850's but with 4gig of memory instead of the usual 2, could be wring though.

As could I. I'm not entirely certain of it, actually, now that I think again, it's just two 5850s, ASUS had a republic of gamers card that was, in fact two 5870s. (ASUS ARES)

Oh, and it's dual 2gb 5850s.